The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?

"micky" wrote in message
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The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?

Very likely but not certain.

Do you smoke ? If you do you may well find that you
can open the player up and clean the lens with some
isopropyl alcohol or just metho if you don't have that
and get the muck that smokers produce off the lens.
A brush wont do that.

The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10
and 14 dollars, also with high ratings. But isn't buying
one of them throwing good money after bad?

Really depends on whether you are a smoker or not.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:14:54 -0400, micky
wrote:

The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?
All the cleaner disc does is brush dust off the laser lens. Sometimes
that's all it takes - but often the lens is fogged. Id=f one brand
didn't work, nor will any other. Some of the lens material is just
like your headlight lens and "yellows" over time. Time for a new
stereo

On 04/10/2021 08:14 PM, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?


Yes. CD players are better than cassettes but they are still mechanical.
I've disassembled one after a cleaning disc didn't work and found the
problem was in the mechanism that positions the laser head.

I think the current car does have a CD player but I use MP3s from a USB
stick or Bluetooth from the phone for variety. Non-moving parts don't
skip on rough roads.

On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:42:30 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?

Very likely but not certain.

Do you smoke ? If you do you may well find that you
can open the player up and clean the lens with some
isopropyl alcohol or just metho if you don't have that
and get the muck that smokers produce off the lens.
A brush wont do that.

IOW, you have NO idea what's wrong but you will run off at the mouth anyway
in your known obnoxious senile manner, psychotic Mr. Know-it-all!

--
Marland answering senile Rodent's statement, "I don't leak":
"That¢s because so much **** and ****e emanates from your gob that there is
nothing left to exit normally, your arsehole has clammed shut through disuse
and the end of prick is only clear because you are such a ******."
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On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.


The vacuum line to the radio is leaking.

On 4/11/21 9:16 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.


The vacuum line to the radio is leaking.


No that's old school...his bottle of laser fluid needs refilled ;-)

On 4/11/2021 9:35 AM, wrote:
On 4/11/21 9:16 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.


The vacuum line to the radio is leaking.


No that's old school...his bottle of laser fluid needs refilled* ;-)


Best solution: Time to get a new car.

On 4/11/2021 9:35 AM, wrote:
On 4/11/21 9:16 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.


The vacuum line to the radio is leaking.


No that's old school...his bottle of laser fluid needs refilled ;-)


Grab an 8-track from ebay and swap it out.

On 4/11/2021 9:35 AM, wrote:
On 4/11/21 9:16 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.


The vacuum line to the radio is leaking.


No that's old school...his bottle of laser fluid needs refilledÂ* ;-)

CD player is just emulating it's owner who has been off track for a long
time.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:14:54 -0400, micky
wrote:

The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?

Throw it away and get an MP3 player. This is the 21st century. Playing
music off of little pieces of plastic is medieval.

On 4/10/2021 7:14 PM, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?


Try changing tracks a bunch of times. The instructions include changing
to a certain track to get the brush under the head.

On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:16:45 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 posted for all of us to
digest...


On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.


The vacuum line to the radio is leaking.

Nah, it's the AC condensate drain it's not washing the lens off as it should.

--
Tekkie

On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:14:54 -0400, micky posted for all of us to digest...


The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?

You have several choices: don't get it fixed and live with it.
Send it to a car radio repair shop and pay big bux.
Get one from a junkyard and swap it.
Do as other posters have suggested and use memory stick or like.
Get a portable CD player and plug it in.


--
Tekkie

In sci.electronics.repair micky wrote:
The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?

For an automtive CD player, yes. It's dead, move on. If you can get the
thing out of the dashboard and take it apart, you might have a chance, but
if it just died a sudden death, it's probably not work fussing with.